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shantilly picnic: Taking Thyme
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Cayuga St. Kitchen. Sunday, October 7, 2012. I have no clue! And that's why we're taking a few months to explore, to see what's out there, to get inspired. We will be making 13 stops, with the goal of eating some of the best food this side of the States has to offer. Who knows, maybe we'll find a new place to live too. New Paltz, NY -. Portland, ME -. Montreal, QC -. Ottawa, ON -. Detroit, MI -. Chicago, IL -. Louisville, KY -. Nashville, TN -. Knoxville, TN -. Asheville, NC -. Charleston, SC -. Simple t...
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shantilly picnic: September 2012
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Cayuga St. Kitchen. Wednesday, September 5, 2012. Potato Rolls and Crab Cakes. Photo by shantilly picnic. This is a pretty delayed post but way too good of a meal to keep to myself. Buttery crab cakes on fluffy potato rolls with tartar sauce made from my own homemade dill pickles! Delicious. Every time we make it down to Avalon for a beach weekend we absolutely cannot resist the crab cakes from. They might be the best on the East Coast. This time we froze a few and brought them back to Brooklyn. Rain pot...
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shantilly picnic: Gruyère and Black Pepper Popovers
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Cayuga St. Kitchen. Friday, December 2, 2011. Gruyère and Black Pepper Popovers. Photo by shantilly picnic. Makes 12-16 popovers depending on your pan size. 2 cups organic whole milk. 4 large farm-fresh eggs. 1½ tsp grey sea salt. 189; tsp freshly ground black pepper. 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour. 2 oz Gruyère cheese, cut into 16 small cubes. Plus extra freshly grated Gruyère for garnish. Photo by shantilly picnic. In the oven to warm. Photo by shantilly picnic. Photo by shantilly picnic. Bee - you...
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shantilly picnic: 'Tis the Season… for Holiday Pie Orders!
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Cayuga St. Kitchen. Thursday, December 13, 2012. Tis the Season… for Holiday Pie Orders! While I know I still owe you some more tasty takeaways from our trip (I still have to explain why Louisville and Asheville are two of my favorite cities ever, and give you the scoop on at least 5 other cities we visited! That will have to wait. Because today…. we need to talk pie. Simple, wholesome, unadorned, baked to perfection pie. Tis the season folks! Don’t settle on store-bought pies this holiday season. Subscr...
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shantilly picnic: Wedding Cake Chronicles: The Finale
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Cayuga St. Kitchen. Wednesday, August 22, 2012. Wedding Cake Chronicles: The Finale. Photo by Kyle Hepp. I made a wedding cake. Even better, I made a wedding cake for one of the most amazing weddings I've ever been to. Emma and Bobby's farm love fest was pure magic. Friends and family came from all over the world to share in the celebration. Everyone was beaming with happiness all day long, including me! Not even the stress of assembling a 3-tiered cake in 90% humidity could keep the smile off my face.
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shantilly picnic: July 2012
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Cayuga St. Kitchen. Thursday, July 26, 2012. I wanted a denser cake with a richer flavor so first I experimented with sugars and fats. Fats and oils moisten and tenderize. Oil produces a moister cake. But butter has more of a round rich flavor. Adapted from Maida Heatter's "Zucchini Loaf from Seattle"). Makes two 9"x 5" loaves. 3 cups all-purpose flour. 1 tsp sea salt, heaping. 1 tsp baking soda. 1/2 tsp baking powder. Zest from one lemon. 2 cups shredded zucchini, packed. 3 eggs, lightly beaten. Pour ba...
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shantilly picnic: Shantilly Picnic Services
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Cayuga St. Kitchen. Monday, January 2, 2012. Seasonal Granola Half Share. I am starting my first Seasonal Granola Share program this Spring! Very similar to your. I always bake it in small batches, using organic rolled oats (gluten-free available), quality olive oil, sea salt and plenty of all-natural fixins that change with the season. This new granola program will finally allow me to stay on top of everyone's granola requests while focusing on quality ingredients and reducing risk of financial loss.
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shantilly picnic: Lavender Lemon Verbena Cake
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Cayuga St. Kitchen. Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Lavender Lemon Verbena Cake. I can still vividly smell the sweet lavender of this exquisite cake (helps that I just had a smidgen of a leftover piece for breakfast.). And although I do not. I was all in. I love a good excuse to bake a cake. Lavender Lemon Verbena Chiffon Cake. Makes two 9" rounds cakes or two 8" square cakes. 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour. 2 tsp basking powder. 1 1/2 cups sugar. 1/2 cup vegetable oil. 6 large egg yolks, room temp. Whisk togeth...
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shantilly picnic: Kouign Amann a.k.a. Butter Cake
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Cayuga St. Kitchen. Monday, December 12, 2011. Kouign Amann a.k.a. Butter Cake. I've made the Kouign twice now, first, on Hallo-WEEN (get it? Batch #1 - 10/31/2011. Preferment (makes double the amount needed for this recipe):. 53 oz all-purpose flour. Pinch of instant yeast. Final Dough (yields 24 pastries):. 1 lb 11.3 oz bread flour. 8 oz kosher salt. 5 oz instant yeast. 14 oz milk powder. 275 oz unsalted butter. 41 oz prefermented dough. 1 lbs 10.4 oz salted butter, for laminating. The first single fol...